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The DICES^® System for risk assessment and management: Refresher Course.

Refresher training or professionals who have previously completed the full DICES® course. Available as a 1-day live course (for whole teams) or as an 'online anytime' (self-paced) course.

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Executive Summary:

This engaging and practical one-day workshop is designed to refresh your confidence and sharpen your skills in using the DICES® Risk Assessment and Management System. Whether you’ve been using DICES® regularly or want to get back up to speed, the day is structured to be dynamic, relevant, and focused on real-world application.

You’ll revisit the principles of risk assessment and management in key areas including suicide, self-harm, violence, neglect, and vulnerability. The course reinforces how to use the DICES® framework effectively, responsibly, and defensibly — with opportunity to work through realistic case examples and reflect on current challenges in your own setting.

Key Features:

• Refresh your knowledge of the key risk domains in the DICES® System.
• Update your practice with the latest guidance and case-based exercises.
• Boost your confidence in assessing and managing complex risk.
• Maintain or extend your APT Accreditation in the DICES® System.
  
  

Who should attend and what you receive as a result of attending the training:

This course is designed for people who have completed the full DICES® course, whether recently or in the past, and includes access to updated materials and CPD certification.

Your registration lasts indefinitely, whilst your accreditation lasts for 3 years from the date of completion and is renewable.

Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.

Booking is easy... choose your favourite option: Option 1: Online Anytime course: A highly engaging pre-recorded course you can start any time you like – right now if you want. Price: $120 CAD per person. The fee covers: 3 years access to the course, certification, registration, and Level 2 APT Accreditation by completing the course and inbuilt exam.  Guarantee If you don’t complete the course for some reason, then you can simply ask for your money back! If you are a manager ordering multiple courses, and some of your team don’t complete them, you can ask us to transfer those courses to others in your team! (Valid for up to 3 years from the date the training was assigned.) Buy Now (access immediately)  Request Invoice (access when paid) Top of page Option 2: Exclusive course for your organization: We can deliver the course ‘online live’ (via Zoom or Teams) exclusively to you and your organization, for a group of up to 15 people. Price: $3,195 CAD, extra delegates: $175 CAD per person. Or, if you or a colleague are a senior mental health professional, you can apply to become an APT Tutor and, if your application is accepted, deliver the training in-house at half the standard cost (either face-to-face or live online). To book, email office@aptcanada.com, or click the button:  Book Now Top of page

As a bona fide APT event, this course automatically has accreditation from The Association for Psychological Therapies. This means (i) that it contains the right amount of relevant information for its duration, and (ii) the information is presented in an engaging way, and in a way that will make it likely to be used after the course. APT verifies the accreditation by publishing the delegates' average ratings of relevance and presentation-quality for all its accredited courses. The accreditation is given value by over 150,000 professionals having attended APT courses.

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Feedback Ratings.

We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of the full DICES course, which are updated periodically.

Face-to-Face

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Presentation: 98%

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Relevance: 97%

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Online Live

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Presentation: 91%

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Relevance: 93%

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Reviews.

APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the The DICES^® System for Risk Assessment and Management has received.

“The best risk assessment course I have ever attended. The tools were precise and relevant to my practice. The management aspect was well explained and the practical examples were very good and informative."

“I have undergone many risk management trainings and this was by far the most informative, interesting and well presented. I will definitely recommend to other organizations I work for."

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